Good morning, everyone. This is the tuesday, december, 13, 2016 meeting of the San Francisco county Transportation Authority. My name is eric mar im the acting chair of the Transportation Authority. Our clerk is mr. Steve stamos, could you please do the roll call . Item one, avalos . Here. Present. Breed. Present. Campos. Present. Cohen npresent. Ferrill, absent. Kim . Absent. Mar . Present. Peskin . Present. Tang absent. Commissioner yee. Present. We have quorum. Item two, chair report, as our director will be recounting the accomplishments of the year and we will hold our chair elections in a moment, i am going to make my remarks extremely brief. With the adoption of plan bay area preferred scenario by the mtc and abag we are well posed to advocate for the priority projects in the bridge toll talks, which commence this week at the mtc. That is the met political Transportation Commission. Thank you, so much, commissioner david campos for representing us in those discussions tomorrow a
Francisco the only reason i didnt thank you very much. As you all know this process was very comprehensive a great deal of effort in searching candidates with the skill setsdz and characteristics that are desired and talked about in so many communities meetings and the right experience to lead the San Francisco Police Department the search included internal and external national as well as local about the its my pleasure to announce the author process paid off we found a candidate that both the commission and i felt embodied what the Police Department needs in the police chief in William Scott the deputy chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Deputy kind of scott a 20year veteran of lapd during the course the last years has under gone transforms within the department of justice and with the experience of managing a Department Taking on similar changes coupled with the progress made under 101 i didnt see leadership i be we have exponentially increased to build the 20 percent Poli
At some point has to ask the question how come we can build the central subway one. 7 miles and then somebody said well, well get one. 3 miles for 4 billion is goes down the construction you have a lot of construction with the costs and the impacts so in closing my recommendation to you to limit the appropriations to one Million Dollars for the sole purpose of basically wrapping up what needs to be done some point in time you will understand the issues thank you very much. And with regard to your letter your contention it is that those 3 sweeping terms will end up which the trains will have to slow down at 25 mileperhour will there beyond thirty minutes. Yes. Just going from town to the translation about so what youre saying the alignment is wrong. Yes. The alignment is wrong and actually, the there is another alignment that is missing that cant achieve that is not discussed right now. Thank you, sir. Mr. Has. Commissioner im jimmy have been before you several times to appoint the dtx
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